What does dow mean?
Dow means (Northern England, dialect, obsolete) To be worth..
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/daʊ/ · verb
(Northern England, dialect, obsolete) To be worth..
The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she [his hawk] wold not bow.
This day my Julia thou must make For Mistresse Bride, the wedding Cake: Knead but the Dow, and it will be To paste of Almonds turn’d by thee: Or kisse it thou, but once, or twice, And for the Bride-Cake ther’l be Spice.
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Dow means (Northern England, dialect, obsolete) To be worth..
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The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she [his hawk] wold not bow.
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